1. Station 5

2. Your Task:
Using the chart titled, “People Perish” on the next slide, answer the questions on your graphic organizer in COMPLETE SENTENCES!
Afterwards, click on the links to view these types of disasters occurring in nature.

3. Some of the Worst Natural Disasters in History
Year
Country
Type
Estimated Death Toll
2011
Japan
Earthquake/Tsunami
23,097
2010
Haiti
Earthquake
250,000+
2005
Pakistan
79,000
2004
South Asia
120,000+
1999
Venezuela
Mudslides
30,000
1998
Central America
Hurricane
10,000
1991
Bangladesh
Cyclone/Floods
130,000
1990
Iran
Earthquake/Mudslides
40-50,000
1988
Armenia
100,000
1983
Thailand
Monsoons
1976
China
255,000
1970
20,000
1959
Floods
2,000,000
1,000,000
1931
3,000,000
1887
Flood
900,000
1886
27,000
1883
Indonesia
Volcano/Tsunami
36,000
1815
Volcano
90,000
1780
Caribbean
22,000
1556
830,000
People Perish
Some of the Worst
Natural Disasters
in History

4. Earthquakes:
Click here to view earthquakes occurring in nature.

5. Tsunami:
Click here to view Japan’s recent, 2011 tsunami occurring in nature.

6. Tsunami:
Click here to view Thailand’s 2004 tsunami occurring in nature.
*** Keep in mind, the video is being shot from the balcony of a hotel and the waves you’re about to see reached feet in height. YIKES!